B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – H
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
H
B63H 9/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2381282
A sail body (3), which can be finished along its edges and corners to create a finished sail (2), includes a number of sail sections (46) joined along their edges. Each sail section includes a reinforced material laminated between first and second films. The reinforced material includes sectors of reinforced material, each sector having a set of generally parallel reinforcement elements, such as fibers. The sectors of reinforced material are preferably elongate sectors in which at least the majority of the sectors have lengths at least five times as long their widths. The sectors are arranged in an overlapping pattern and so that the set of reinforcement elements are generally aligned with the expected load lines (28) for that section of the sail body. Sections can be made of different shapes but are typically triangular or quadrilateral. The reinforce material is typically a mesh or scrim containing sets of parallel, transversely oriented fibers. The mesh or scrim can either be woven or unwoven.
L'invention concerne un corps (3) de voile, dont les bords et angles peuvent être finis afin de créer une voile finie (2), comprenant plusieurs sections (46) de voile aux bords unis. Chaque section de voile comprend une matière renforcée laminée entre un premier et un second film. La matière renforcée comprend des zones de matière renforcée. Chaque zone comprend un ensemble d'éléments de renforcement généralement parallèles tels que des fibres. Lesdites zones de matière renforcée sont, de préférence, des zones allongées. La plupart de ces zones au moins ont une longueur égale à au moins cinq fois leur largeur. Lesdites zones se chevauchent de manière que l'ensemble des éléments de renforcement s'aligne généralement avec les lignes de charge (28) prévues pour cette partie du corps de voile. Lesdites sections peuvent se présenter sous différentes formes mais sont en général triangulaires ou quadrilatérales. La matière de renforcement est en général constituée de mailles ou de gazes contenant des ensembles de fibres parallèles orientées transversalement. Les mailles ou les gazes peuvent être tissées ou non tissées.
Baudet Jean-Pierre
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
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